Everyone is getting tired and frazzled...

6C-  Dear Parents:                               
I had to have a little "meeting" with the boys of 6C today.  Energy is running low and tempers are running high.  There has been a lot of unacceptable behavior in this class and I plan to put an end to it.  We are 4 days away from testing and no one has time for this.  I do not want nor need to go into specific details about the "squirrely" shenanigans that have taken place in the last week 1/2 in all of the classrooms.  We expect all students to follow the rules right up until the last day of school.  Please remind your children that the focus should be on finishing strong.  I continue to thank you and appreciate your support from home.

6th grade Language Arts for the week of 5-13-13

First of all, Happy Mother's Day!                             
I hope all Moms receive some extra appreciation today.

PLEASE remember, I need signed practice EOG's and bubble sheets back.  I also need signed PROGRESS REPORTS back.

On Monday, students will get new vocabulary words.  Some students are not doing so well on weekly vocabulary tests.  Please know that the test is exactly like the following list.  If students study these words and definitions, they should be fine.

Prefix: The word part before the root word

Suffix: The word part at the end of a root word

Point of View: Some stories are written in the 1^st person and use the word I. Others are written in the 3^rd person and use the words: he, she….

Context Clues: When you use the words or sentences around the word to find a meaning.

 

Flashback: When the author suddenly interrupts the flow of the story to jump back to earlier events

Stereotype: An opinion that describes an entire group of people.

Propaganda: The facts, ideas or claims to persuade people to support a particular opinion or course of action

Foreshadowing: To give the reader information before it happens

 

 

central idea

the most important point the author is trying to get across

 

supporting details

Details that support the main idea.

 

 

 

 

inference

a conclusion one draws (infers) based on premises or evidence

 

anecdote

short story of an amusing or interesting event

 

motivation

The reasons that cause characters to act as they do

 

figurative meaning

When the words mean something other than what they say.

 

technical meaning

relating to a particular subject, topic, or craft

 

connotative meaning

the use of certain words or phrases to show an author's feelings about a topic

 

chronology

a structure of text in a specific order of events

evidence

information that supports an author's reason for his beliefs

dialogue

conversation between characters

 

role

an actor's portrayal of someone in a play

pros

good reasons for why something is done

cons

bad reasons for why something is done

paraphrase

to put information into one's own words

 

validity

the quality of being valid

 

elaborate

to add more details

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This week in 6th grade Language Arts...

Students will be bringing home last week's Practice EOG and score sheet.  It would be a great idea for parents to go over this packet with their student.  All packets and score sheets need to be signed and returned to me ASAP.

Progress Reports come home on Thursday.  The practice EOG score will be listed on the Progress Report but will be removed before actual Report Cards.

We will have more EOG style passages throughout the next few weeks and those scores will count as regular grades and will be recorded.

Here is this week's VOCABULARY.  Test will be on Thursday.

Bold Print: Words that are usually written darker than others

Subheading: Introduces the main idea of the section that follows.

Subtitles: Usually the second title of an article.

Italics: Words that are written with slanting letters

Parenthesis: one or both of the curved marks ( ) used in writing

Map: Help illustrate where the story takes place

Graph: Helps give the reader information about a topic dealing with numbers

Graphic Organizer: A diagram used to help organize information from a selection

Illustration: A picture or drawing to add to the selection

Heading: Tells what the article is about

Foot Notes: Information given at the bottom of a selection to help the reader understand words or terms

Timeline: A sequence of events of a person or place in time

Diagram: A picture to help with the understanding of information

Table: The arrangement of data

Index: Located at the back of a textbook and lists each section or topic found in the book with its page number

Table of Contents: Located in the front of a book that lists units, chapters, stories or section in the order that they appear in the book

Glossary: A small dictionary in the back of a book